Cabaret
The special harmony behind The Lady Killers
Consisting of three of New Zealand's finest songbirds, Jackie Clarke, Tina Cross and Suzanne Lynch, The Lady Killers are celebrating their sweet 16th and also releasing a new single to coincide with… Audio
Creating NZ's First Asian Cabaret
A Singaporean New Zealander is working on this country's first Asian Cabaret. Voices finds out what that will look like. Produced by Liz Garton Audio
Creating NZ's First Asian Cabaret
A Singaporean New Zealander is working on this country's first Asian Cabaret. Voices finds out what that will look like. Produced by Liz Garton
AudioHIV in the spotlight at Puawai Festival
The Puawai Festival is helping bring awareness and reduce the stigma of HIV through performance, education, song and laughter. It’s been a labour of love for Jane Bruning, the National Coordinator for… Audio
Debauchery comes to Auckland
We go beyond the red velvet rope for a glimpse of what Studio 54 might have looked like if it was a true circus. Aria nominated, Velvet is an Australian created hit show, which has been on the global… Audio
Stars that burned too bright
Singer, actor, musician: all those skills are required when Cameron Goodall performs his solo show The Sound of Falling Stars. The cabaret work was created with Australian theatre veteran Robin… Audio
Robyn Archer - The Sound of Falling Stars
Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She is currently strategic advisor, Gold Coast Arts and Culture, deputy chair of the Australia Council for the… Audio
A Maori boy’s musical about a Hollywood star
Rutene Spooner grew up on the East Coast and he was so inspired by Hollywood and Broadway actor Hugh Jackman that he wrote a musical about him. Super Hugh-man makes its debut at the Auckland Live… Audio
Behind the glitz and glamour of Cole Porter
Anything goes for Cole, a retelling of Cole Porter’s life, on at the Auckland Cabaret Festival and Christchurch Arts Festival. Love affairs, loss and toe tapping songs make up the show performed by… Audio
Juggling genres and dispensing songs
German-Kiwi duo Princessin Hans is in Wellington to perform a Homecoming show combining punk, cabaret and jazz in a space where the audience becomes part of the act. The duo’s musical journey includes… Audio
Cabaret star Sheridan Harbridge
Songs for the Fallen is coming to New Zealand as part of an Internationl Cabaret Season. Sheridan Harbridge tells Lynn Freeman cabaret is hard to define. Audio
Blackbird Ensemble
Composer Claire Cowan and a group of talented musicians play us some numbers from 'Dreams' - their one off show at the upcoming Auckland Live Cabaret season. Audio
Celebrating grandma through cabaret
The Auckland Live International Cabaret Season is about to begin its third year featuring a suite of critically-acclaimed cabaret shows from across the globe and closer to home. The Basement theatre… Audio
Songs for the Fallen
Australian cabaret singer Sheridan Harbridge brings a part of Paris to New Zealand with her show Songs for the Fallen which has been performed in festivals around the world. The show is inspired by… Audio
Episode 2: Not In Our Neighbourhood?
Documentary play Not In Our Neighbourhood opened this week at the Auckland Arts Festival.This solo show tells the story of a filmmaker who has been asked to visit a refuge for women and document the… Audio
Episode 1: Festival Picks
Welcome to the debut episode of INTERMISSION. In this episode, Which shows are best to see with the parents; on a first date; on your own? Justin and Rosabel discuss their festival picks with theatre… Audio
Delaney Davidson and Naomi Ferguson: 'Salon Kitty'
Delaney Davidson and Naomi Ferguson are two of the essential components of 'Salon Kitty'. They preview their Christchurch Festival shows, and explain why it has a Berlin brothel as its namesake. Audio
Michaela Burger on bringing Edith Piaf back to life
Something for the Edith Piaf fans - and even one hundred years since her birth - her legend endures. Australian chanteuse Michaela Burger has a voice remarkably similar to The Little Sparrow - and she… Audio
At Least We Have Our Jobs by Francesca Emms
Jenny has to rethink her direction in life after losing her boyfriend and taking up a job in a government-funded agency. A satirical musical cabaret about real stuff. Audio